May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

Writers speak stench.

Writers speak stench.

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things

I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...